How AI will reshape automation roles in 2026

2025 was the year we all tested AI agents and figured out what actually works. 2026 is when we operationalize it. 🔗 Learn how to build production-ready agents: https://tray.ai/merlin/agent-builder In this clip, Tray's Director of Automation Solutions breaks down how AI adoption is shifting from scattered experiments to systematic implementation across entire businesses. You'll hear why 2025 felt like a testing ground—teams trying agents, adding human-in-the-loop reviews, and honestly just failing a lot as they learned what AI should and shouldn't handle. The prediction for 2026? We're moving past individual use cases in isolated departments. Instead, AI becomes embedded across the organization, and new roles emerge to manage it. Think "AI ops" as the next evolution of marketing ops and revenue ops—people who understand both the technology and the business workflows it needs to support. This matters because the teams that figure out how to operationalize AI at scale this year will have a significant advantage. The infrastructure, governance, and cross-functional coordination required to make agents work across departments isn't something you can rush. But if you started testing in 2025, you already have the foundation. Whether you're in automation, platform engineering, or operations leadership, this perspective shows where AI adoption is headed and why the shift from experimentation to production deployment changes everything about how we work. #AIOperations #AutomationSolutions #TrayAI #AIAdoption #AgenticAI #WorkflowAutomation #AIStrategy #EnterpriseAI #AIAgents #AIops --------------------------------- Learn more about Tray: https://tray.ai/ Follow Tray on Twitter: https://x.com/tray Follow Tray on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tray-ai/